Wilkins, John, A discovery of a new world : or a discourse tending to prove, that 'tis probable there may be another Habitable World in the Moon ; with a discourse concerning the Probability of a Passage thither; unto which is added, a discourse concerning a New Planet, tending to prove, that 'tis probable our earth is one of the Planets

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[21.] The Firſt Book. That the MOON May be a WORLD. The Firſt Propoſition, by way of Preface.
[22.] Sed vanus ſtolidis hæc omnia finxerit Error.
[23.] Solis lunæq; labores.
[24.] Cum fruſtra reſonant æra auxiliaria Lunæ.
[25.] Una laboranti poterit ſuccerrere Lunæ.
[26.] Gantus & è cælo poſſunt deducere Lunam.
[27.] Cantus & ſi curru lunam deducere tentant, Et facerent, ſi non æra repulſa ſonant.
[28.] PROP. II. That a Plurality of Worlds doth not contradict any Principle of Reaſon or Faith.
[29.] Æſtuas infelix auguſto limite mundi.
[30.] PROP. III. That the Heavens do not conſiſt of any ſuch pure Matter, which can priviledge them from the like Change and Corruption, as theſe Inferiour, Bodies are liable unto.
[31.] Necnon Oceano paſci phæbumque polumq; Gredimus.
[32.] PROP. IV. That the Moon is a Solid, Compacted, Opacous Body.
[33.] PROP. V. That the Moon hath not any Light of her own.
[34.] PROP. VI. That there is a World in the Moon, bath been the direct Opinion of many Ancient, with ſome Modern Mathematicians, and may probably de deduc’d from the Tenents of others.
[35.] PROP. VII. That thoſe Spots and brighter parts, which by our ſight may be diſtinguiſhed in the Moon, do ſhew the difference betwixt the Sea and Land, in that other World.
[36.] PROP. VIII. The Spots repeſent the Sea, and the brighter parts the Land.
[37.] PROP. IX. That there are high Mountains, deep Vallies, and ſpacious Plains in the Body of the Moon.
[38.] PROP. X. That there is an Atmo-ſphæra, or an Orb of groſs, Vaporous Air, immediately encompaſſing the body of the Moon.
[39.] PROP. XI. That as their World is our Moon, ſo our World is their Moon.
[40.] Provehimur portu, terræque urbeſque recedunt.
[41.] PROP. XII.
[42.] PROP. XIII.
[43.] PROP. XIV.
[44.] FINIS.
[45.] A DISCOURSE Concerning a Rem Planet. Tending to prove That ’tis probable our EARTH is one of the PLANETS. The Second Book. By John Wilkins, late L. Biſhop of Cheſter.
[46.] LONDON: Printed by J. D. for John Gellibrand, at the Golden Ball in St. Paul’s Church-Yard. M.DC.LXXXIV.
[47.] To the Reader.
[48.] PROP. I.
[49.] PROP. II.
[50.] PROP. III.
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8472That the Moon may be a World. ‘ on of the Phythagoreans, that the Moon is an
‘ other Earth, then her Brighter parts may fitly
‘ Repreſent the Earths Superficies, and the
‘ Darker part the Water:
and for my part, I
‘ never Doubted but that our Earthly Globe
‘ being Shined upon by the Sun, and beheld at
‘ a great Diſtance, the Land would appear
‘ Brighteſt, and the Sea more Obſcurely.
The
‘ Reaſons may be.
1. That which I urged about the foregoing
Chapter, becauſe the Water is the Thinner part,
and therefore muſt give leſs Light.
Since the Stars and Planets, by Reaſon of
their Brightneſs, are Uſually concluded to be
the Thicker parts of her Orb.
2. Water is in it ſelf of a Blacker Colour
11In lib. de
coloribus
(ſaith Ariſtotle) and therefore more Remote
from Light than the Earth.
Any parts of the
Ground being Moiſtened with Rain, does Look
much more Darkly than when it is Dry.
3. ’Tis obſerved that the ſecondary Light
of the Moon (which afterwards is proved to
proceed from our Earth) is ſenſibly brighter
unto us, for two or three days before the
Conjunction, in the morning when ſhe appears
Eaſtward, then about the ſame time after the
Conjunction, when ſhe is ſeen in the Weſt.
The Reaſon of which muſt be this, becauſe
that part of the Earth which is oppoſite to
the Moon in the Eaſt, has more Land in it
than Sea.
Whereas on the contrary, the Moon
when ſhe is in the Weſt, is ſhined upon that
part of our Earth where there is more Sea.

than Land, from whence it will follow with
good probability that the Earth does caſt a
greater Light than the Water.

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